Ellin speaks to the Bradford Probus Club about Remembrance Day and the Holocaust

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For the tiny wartime Jewish community of Canada, the Second World War was what the prime minister of the day, Mackenzie King, called a “Double Threat”. He said Hitler was not only dangerous to freedom and democracy, but was a threat to the very survival of the Jewish people as a race. And for the 17,000 Canadian Jewish soldiers who went to fight Hitler, the war posed a great personal danger, should the Nazis capture them and discover their faith.

Richmond Hill resident, author, and journalist Ellin Bessner has spent ten years researching and interviewing over 300 Jewish Canadian veterans and their families to tell the untold stories of how and why Canada’s Jewish community mobilized to defeat Hitler and rescue the survivors of the Holocaust. Her book, “Double Threat” was published by the University of Toronto Press. As we are about to mark Remembrance Day and also the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, the talk is very timely.

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Books are available for sale directly from the author for $20. Arrangements can be made to deliver them. For further information, check Ellin’s website: https://ellinbessner. com/